I reach out for your commands, which I love, that I may meditate on your decrees. Since my first visit to a botanical garden our our road trip to the Great Lakes, I have come to love them and seek them out every chance I get. Even though each one that I have visited is unique they each share some of the same characteristics: they are highly planned, have a variety of plants, are well maintained, and have something of beauty for every season. Botanical gardens are designed for a community and open to the public, some with a fee and some are free. Either way any one who wants to visit is welcomed.
I have come to see the Psalms like a botanical garden. The book of Psalms is highly planned and organized, although it is a little hard to see this if you just read a few. There is a whole gamut of emotions from joy to sadness, from fear to trust, from anger to praise. No matter your age or what emotion or struggle you are facing you can find a psalm. You can find beautiful word pictures even if you are not a poet. To really understand the Psalms you have to meditate on them which takes the kind of daily work that it takes to maintain a garden. So the next time you get a chance to visit a botanical garden or read the psalms, enjoy their beauty and learn the lessons of each. Prayer Great Creator, Thank you for the Psalms. Give us the discipline to study them to see their beauty and through them to see you. Amen
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